DEEP SPACE: "Shadowplay" - REV. 12/16/93 - ACT TWO         29.

31   CONTINUED:	(4)

					TAYA
				(shakes her head)
			We don't go on trips.

					ODO
			Never?

					TAYA
			We don't leave the valley.

					ODO
			Why not?

					TAYA
				(thinks it's a dumb 
				question)
			Nobody ever leaves the valley.  
			Everything we need is right here.

					ODO
				(intrigued)
			I see.

					TAYA
				(wistfully)
			My mother's never coming back, is 
			she?

					ODO
			Why do you say that?

					TAYA
			That's what grandfather told me.

	Taya's on the verge of tears.  Odo reaches out and tentatively 
	puts his hand on the girl's shoulder.

					ODO
				(trying to comfort 
				her)
			Taya, I don't know where your mother 
			is, but I promise you... I'm going 
			to do everything I can to find her 
			and bring her back to you.

	Taya nods, blinking away the tears.  She looks up at Odo 
	with a child's trust and hope.